Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Squeezed into a train on Mail Rail the Post Office Railway. ✉️ From 1927 to 2003 the specially constructed 2ft gauge railway moved post along a route of around six miles under the streets of central London between mail depots at Paddington and Whitechapel with several intermediate stations. The trains were powered by electrictrified rails and controlled remotely. 🚃 A section of the railway around the Mount Pleasant maintenance depot was reopened in 2017 as part of the Postal museum and gives passengers a ride in custom designed carriages, now powered by battery and with a driver on the train (#healthandsafety). #mailrail #postofficerailway #mountpleasant #postalmuseum #undergroundrailway #preservedrailway #tunnels #railway #electricrailway #london A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Dec 8, 2019 at 1:58pm PST
Squeezed into a train on Mail Rail the Post Office Railway. ✉️ From 1927 to 2003 the specially constructed 2ft gauge railway moved post along a route of around six miles under the streets of central London between mail depots at Paddington and Whitechapel with several intermediate stations. The trains were powered by electrictrified rails and controlled remotely. 🚃 A section of the railway around the Mount Pleasant maintenance depot was reopened in 2017 as part of the Postal museum and gives passengers a ride in custom designed carriages, now powered by battery and with a driver on the train (#healthandsafety). #mailrail #postofficerailway #mountpleasant #postalmuseum #undergroundrailway #preservedrailway #tunnels #railway #electricrailway #london
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Dec 8, 2019 at 1:58pm PST
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